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| Picture Paris | |
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| Directed by | Brad Hall |
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| Starring | Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Grégory Fitoussi |
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Picture Paris is a 2012 HBO short film about a suburban woman with an empty nest who exhibits a passion for Paris. [1] [2] [3] [4]
The film was written and directed by Brad Hall, starred Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Grégory Fitoussi and was shot in Paris in May and June 2011. [5] [6] [7] [8]
Picture Paris had a screening at The Wilmette Theatre, Wilmette, Illinois on New Year's Day 2012. [9] Picture Paris premiered on 17 December 2012 at 9PM, on HBO. [10] It was entered into the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival. [11] [12]
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